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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-21

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 21

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Oct 7Oct 21Nov 4 →

Receipts

1,330 head

▼ 341 vs last sale 1,671▲ 185 vs year ago 1,145 · +16.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Cattle trended higher in all weight classes. A nice string of new crop calves along with a good string of yearlings. With the majority of the new crop calves being fresh off the cow. A good demand in the seats with a very active internet market.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $276.21/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −153.86 against this barn's trailing median of $430.06.

Average price

$276.21

108 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,501

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$28.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.70

vs NE average

+16.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	291.70	1,585	49
Medium and Large 1-2	544	263.34	1,432	59

One grade step is worth $28.36/cwt here — about $153 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale108 hd

276.21

—

NE average11 barns · 3,757 hd

277.91

−1.70

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

+16.58

This barn, trailing median12 sales

430.06

−153.86

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.98, low $393.54, median $430.06 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

33 lots · USDA AMS · West Point Livestock Feeder Cattle - West Point, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,319	19
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,361	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	362.59/cwt	357.00–364.00	1,556	66
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,494	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	325.52/cwt	324.00–329.00	1,536	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	326.85/cwt	310.00–329.00	1,687	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	297.03/cwt	283.00–305.00	1,592	45
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	287.38/cwt	276.00–296.00	1,627	78
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,710	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	243.59/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,734	21
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,038	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,901	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	240.75/cwt	240.75–240.75	2,200	73
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,092	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	337.11/cwt	329.00–342.00	1,244	25
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	308.83/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,140	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	315.74/cwt	309.00–324.00	1,345	56
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,178	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	286.01/cwt	277.00–291.50	1,390	45
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	296.17/cwt	287.00–302.00	1,508	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	272.71/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,434	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	246.38/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,419	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	286.65/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,668	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	241.42/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,494	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,518	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	244.60/cwt	241.50–247.25	2,023	223
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,916	24
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	241.57/cwt	240.75–242.25	2,135	161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,318	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	254.34/cwt	253.50–258.00	1,460	32
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,622	4

This sale against other markets

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

West Point Livestock Feeder Cattle - West Point, NE

Mon Oct 21, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 1,330Last week 1,671Year ago 1,145

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	438	301.00	301.00
32	550–600	574	253.50–258.00	254.34
4	650–700	690	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	331.00	331.00
25	350–400	369	329.00–342.00	337.11
56	400–450	426	309.00–324.00	315.74
45	450–500	486	277.00–291.50	286.01
26	500–550	509	287.00–302.00	296.17
23	550–600	582	285.00–298.00	286.65
32	600–650	619	235.00–245.00	241.42
10	650–700	660	230.00	230.00
223	800–850	827	241.50–247.25	244.60
161	850–900	884	240.75–242.25	241.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	308.00–310.00	308.83
3	400–450	430	274.00	274.00
38	500–550	526	267.00–275.00	272.71
21	550–600	576	240.00–254.00	246.38
24	800–850	835	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	300–350	335	1,050.00	1,050.00
19	300–350	334	395.00	395.00
3	350–400	370	925.00	925.00
8	350–400	361	377.00	377.00
66	400–450	429	357.00–364.00	362.59
27	450–500	472	324.00–329.00	325.52
26	500–550	516	310.00–329.00	326.85
78	550–600	566	276.00–296.00	287.38
20	600–650	638	268.00	268.00
21	700–750	712	240.00–250.00	243.59
12	800–850	825	247.00	247.00
3	850–900	860	221.00	221.00
73	900–950	914	240.75	240.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	438	341.00	341.00
45	500–550	536	283.00–305.00	297.03

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.